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Question from Peggy: I know my question will probably make me sound dumb but I have to ask it anyway.
Several old friends from my school days had trouble finding me on Facebook because they were searching for my maiden name.
How do I add my maiden name to my Facebook profile but have it separate from my married name? In other words display my married name like it is now with my maiden name underneath it?
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Question from Stephen: I’ve been wanting to buy an SSD for my laptop for a while now, but the high prices for SSDs have been holding me back.
I was checking on eBay last night and saw where a guy is selling used Crucial MX500 512GB 2.5″ SSDs for just $40 each.
What’s your opinion on used solid state drives? Do you think I should buy one? [Read more…]
Question from Maria: A good friend of mine kept hounding me to “Like” her Facebook page.
I finally did and now I’m seeing posts she’s putting up that I have no desire to see.
Can I change a setting somewhere that’ll let me stop receiving the posts but still “Like” the page? [Read more…]
Question from Chandra: I see people writing upside down text on Facebook all the time.
I’d like to give it a go myself but I can’t figure out how they do it. Can you tell me?
Rick’s answer: I sure can Chandra, and it’s literally as easy as doing a simple “Cut and Paste” operation. [Read more…]
Question from Maya: I just heard Wikipedia is going to start charging people a monthly fee if they want to keep using their website.
I use them a lot and it concerns me that they might start making me pay.
Are they really planning to start charging their users a fee? [Read more…]